Japan: Kabuki actor portraying Nikki Danjō, a villain from the kabuki play 'Sendai Hagi'. He is shown with hands in a kuji-in seal, which allows him to transform into a giant rat. Utagawa Kunisada, 1857

Utagawa Kunisada (1786 – January 12, 1865), also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III) was the most popular, prolific and financially successful designer of ukiyo-e woodblock prints in 19th-century Japan. In his own time, his reputation far exceeded that of his contemporaries, Hokusai, Hiroshige and Kuniyoshi.

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